Running Typemock Isolator based tests in TFS 2010 Team Build

Updated 2nd March 2010: Altered the sample arguments see this post for more details Updated 27th Jan 2010: Gian Maria Ricci, another Team System MVP has done some more work on this problems and posted on how to create a custom activity to address the problem. I have been looking at getting automated builds running on TFS2010 that make use of Typemock Isolator. This is not as straight forward as you would expect. The issue is that you have start Isolator’s mocking interceptor before you run any tests that use Typemock (and stop it afterwards). If you are running in the VS IDE this is all done automatically, but is not done as part of an MSBuild Team Build Process by default. ...

January 22, 2010 · 5 min · Richard Fennell

Time to exercise your prerogative again

The voting has opened for DDS, time to make your voice heard as what sessions you would like to see

January 21, 2010 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

Problems installing TFS Proxy

I recently saw an interesting problem install a TFS proxy (in my case it was on an existing TFS 2005 system using Window Server 2003 for the proxy host, but the problem could be seen on any version f TFS). The installation appeared to go fine, and when a Visual Studio client requested files, via the proxy, files appeared in the cache directory, however the client reported it was not using the proxy. ...

January 18, 2010 · 2 min · Richard Fennell

Typemock Isolator 2010 released

Today Typemock released their Isolator 6.0 version with full support for VS2010. Check out the full announcement at their site, there some nice new features there.

January 18, 2010 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

DDD8 is full

I have been on a customer site today, locked in a machine room, and so have managed to miss the opening and closing of registration for DDD8. So, as neither of my session’s got enough votes (too test based I guess for the developer mainstream) to be on the schedule I guess I will not be attending. Maybe I will have more luck on both the vote and registration fronts and see some of you a DDS ...

January 15, 2010 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

TFS 2010 Build Service Configuration Wizard fails with TF255425 error

I have at last got round to setting up a full installation VS 2010 Test and Lab Manager using the excellent notes from the Lab Management Team. Whist installing the build server portion I got a strange set of errors. TF255425: An error occurred while installing the following Windows service: TFSBuildServiceHost.exe. For more information, open Event Viewer and review the application log. Error TF255070: Configuring services for Team Foundation Build failed with the following exception: TF255425: An error occurred while installing the following Windows service: TFSBuildServiceHost.exe. For more information, open Event Viewer and review the application log.. ...

January 14, 2010 · 2 min · Richard Fennell

New UK ALM User Group Formed

Stuart Preston has just started an new UK ALM User Group, to quotes its blurb… The UK ALM User Group is for practitioners of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) and Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) in the UK to get together and discuss and share ideas tools and techniques, as well as to socialise somewhere other than Agile and Software Development conferences! Practitioners and enthusiasts from all disciplines are welcome. Membership is free. Please feel free to invite your UK based ALM network. ...

January 14, 2010 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

Voting has opened for DDD8

You can now vote for the proposed sessions at the upcoming DDD8 conference, and what a good selection there is to choose from this time.

January 12, 2010 · 1 min · Richard Fennell

Why don’t I love my phone?

There seams to be loads of coverage at present over mobile platforms. Maybe I am just noticing it due to coverage of the CES show and the launch of the Nexus One, but the more mainstream media does seems to be taking a good deal of interest in the future of smartphones (or superphone as Google are calling their new one). All the articles seems to Apple Vs. Android (and moving rapidly towards Apple Vs. Google). There is also usually a passing mention of Blackberry, then a ‘wonder where Nokia are?’ but usually very little on Microsoft. The article in this months UK edition of Wired is a classic example. ...

January 11, 2010 · 2 min · Richard Fennell

The Agile Yorkshire AGM is this week

The AGM is on the 14th Jan at the Victoria Hotel, 28 Great George St, Leeds. See here for directions. Come along and let us know the direction you would like the user group to follow.

January 11, 2010 · 1 min · Richard Fennell